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131 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 0RR

DM/22/00423/NMANon Material AmendmentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 21 February 2022

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Non material amendment pursuant to planning permission DM/21/03645/VOC to add a window to the ground floor side (east) elevation.

Received
14 February 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Benfieldside (Historic)
Agent
GHBD Limited
  1. Received14 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Mar
  5. Decided21 Feb

Decided in 7 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 131 Benfieldside Road Benfieldside Consett DH8 0RR. Durham has handled 488 applications of this type. This one was decided in 7 days, 7 weeks quicker than Durham's typical decision time. The site is in the Shotley Bridge conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,313 applications in total for the DH8 postcode area.

96% of amendment applications at Durham County Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
DH8 0RR
Application type
Non Material Amendment
Scale / size
Small
Parish
No Parish

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2022
Target decision date
14 March 2022
Permission expires
21 February 2027

Applicant and agent

Agent
GHBD Limited
Architect profile
GHBD LTD
Agent address
Office 99 Derwentside Business Centre Consett Business Park Consett DH8 6BP United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11041752
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Shotley Bridge
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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